Edward waters



No. 749,911. PATENTED JAN. 19,1904.

J. T. ALLINSON & T. S. ROBERTSON.

N0 MODEL.

Patented January 1 9, 1904,

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THOMAS ALLINSON, OF WARRAGUL, AND WVILLIAM THOMAS SCOTT ROBERTSON,OF SALE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

PUTTlE-LEGGING.

SPEOIFICATlION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,911, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed August 19, 1902.

T0 in whom it may concern:

Be it. known that we, JOHN THOMAS ALLIN- SON, saddler, residing onVictoria street, Warragul, and WILLIAM THOMAS Soorr ROBERT- SON,sergeant-maj or in the Victorian Mounted Rifles, residing on Ounninghamestreet, Sale, Gippsland, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth ofAustralia, subjects of the King of Great Britain, have invented anImproved Puttie-Legging, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a cheap and effective leggingwhich is adaptable to any-sized leg and is always ready for use, isabsolutely free from all complications, and has no seam.

In the past various leggings have been employed the bodies of which havebeen in one or more pieces sewed together 'or blocked or bellied. Thelap-joints in the front have been parallel with eachother, or nearly so,and at right angles with the top of the legging. The binding-strap hasalso been secured to the outside cover at the bottom and wound round tothe outside lap at the 'top, frequently passing through guidingattachments to maintain the said strap in position; but with ourinvention the lap-joints are not vertical, but spirally or helicallyinclined to the leg near the bottom, and the legging itself consists ofa piece of flat leather, and to these the following additions only aremade: first, the binding-strap, and, second, the buckle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inside elevationof the legging laid out flat. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thelegging as it would ordinarily appear ready to be applied to the leg,and Fig. 3 a perspective view of same when folded and strapped and as itwould appear on the leg.

A B O represent the body part of the legging cut to the shape shown inFig. 1, and through the inside lap B of which, near the bottomright-hand corner, a slit is made, into which is inserted the lower endof the binding-strap D, which is riveted there, as seen in Fig. 1, orstitched, or both riveted and Serial No. 120,228. (No model.)

stitched. the inside of the legging through an elongated hole or slit E,made in the body A, and drawn so as to pull over the part O, as shown inFig. 2. The strap then proceeds outside the legging for some distanceand again enters the inside of the lap O through an elongated hole orslit F and out again through a similar hole or slitG and then passesround and round the legging, as shown in Fig. 3, till its top endreaches the buckle H on a tab J, let into a slit in the upper end of thebody part and riveted, as shown, or stitched.

Our legging differs from other leggings inasmuch asit has no seam, andwhen the top end of the strap is released from the buckle the lower endstill remains reeved through the slits in the lower portion of thelegging,.with

the result that the legging does not lie flat, but has its right'andleft hand edges near the bottom closed almost in the form of a circle,

as shown in Fig. 2. It is therefore ready for the leg to be placed intoit, and it is only a few seconds operation to bind the strap round thelegging and secure its top end to the buckle.

The strap D is then entered from.

' Having nowparticularly described and asvcertained the nature of oursaid invention and face of said material near the top edge thereof, anda strap having one end secured to the innerface of said material nearone side edge and below the center and extending through and bent overthe material so that a portion of the length of said strap will lieagainst the innerface of said material, and said strap further extendingthrough the single slit so that a portion of the length of the strapwill lie against the outer fece of said material, and our hands inpresence of two subscribing witszud strap further extending through saidpair nesses.

of slits and wound spirally around the outer JOHN THOMAS AL'LINSON. faceof the material and engaging said buckle WILLIAM THOMAS SCOTTROBIHL'ISON. 5 for securing the legging in position, substan- Witnesses:

tially as herein shown and described. EDWARD VVATERs,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set EDWARD \NATERS, J unr.

